steamboat Gothic
noun
: an elaborately ornamented architectural style used in homes built in the middle 19th century in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys
Word History
Etymology
from its use in homes of retired steamboat captains in imitation of the style of river steamboats
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
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